Jim Kaiser Jr. Racing......and The Kaiser Family Racing History......from 1963 to 2008

Kaiser Family History Page

Page 1 - Alan Kaiser 2008 Season
Page 2 - Jim Kaiser Jr. Racing
Page 3 - Vallejo Speedway, Our Dad, and his brothers
Page 4 - Vallejo Speedway odds and ends
Page 5 - More Kaiser's ? - There's more to the family!
Page 6 - Racing Links

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#94 LONNIE #25 JIM #20 ROBERT

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(l-r)Above - Aaron Branden, Jerry@OlympicMuffler?, Landon (Brownie) Brown, Bob Kaiser, Jim Kaiser, George Glenn, (lower l-r) Don Bowman, Lonnie Kaiser July 3rd, 1968. This was the night he won the 100 lap Chet Thompson Memorial race. Larry Damitz was leading with only a few laps to go and he got a flat tire and dropped to fifth.

This page is about the Kaiser brothers , Jim, Lonnie and Bob Kaiser and Vallejo Speedway

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Above(pictured l-r) Aaron, Brownie, Bob Kaiser, Sock-it-to-Me!, My dad Jim, and Don Bowman. This has got to be one of the funniest photographs ever!  Must have been the first year of Laugh-in

Here is a chronilogical order of cars starting from 1963!  This is a work in progress since there are tons of pictures to go through!

1963------1963------1963

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1964------1964------1964

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JIM KAISER WITH HIS SECOND HARDTOP PAINTED A NICE NAVY BLUE

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LONNIE'S FIRST CAR pictured here with my dad

1965------1965------1965

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THIS IS AN ACTUAL VALLEJO SPEEDWAY POSTCARD FROM 1965!

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MY DAD JIM IN HIS BLACK #17 CAR, HIS THIRD HARDTOP

1966------1966------1966

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FIRST YEAR DRIVING FOR BOB CRANE, PICTURE TAKEN IN FRONT OF BOB'S HOME IN VALLEJO

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PICTURE TAKEN BEFORE THE FIRST RACE OF THE YEAR

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LONG TIME VALLEJO SPEEDWAY FRIEND FRED GRYZLAK AND JIM KAISER

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PRETTY TROPHY GIRL, COOL RACE CAR!

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(L-R) JIM KAISER, BOB CRANE, UNKNOWN. BY THE WAY, MY DAD STILL HAS THIS TROPHY!

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICTURES
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AWESOME SHOT OF THE RACE CAR WITH A FAIRLY NEW TROPHY CAR. CHECK OUT THE SIZE OF THOSE TIRES!

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LONNIE'S FIRST MAIN EVENT WIN, A WHOLE BUNCH OF THE FAMILY GOT INTO THE PICTURE!

1967-------1967--------1967

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Dad worked all winter on this car and Bob Crane sold it before the first race.

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Dad driving Roberts car.

1968------1968------1968

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Dad driving Roberts car. #11

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Dad winning the Chet Thompson Memorial 100 lap race posing with Tommy Thompson

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#94 LONNIE'S CAR, AUGUST 1968

1969------1969------1969

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Driving for new car owners George Glenn and Ed Kaufman. #34 is Darrell Stevens

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#16 Del Quinn #19 Dad

1970------1970------1970

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ME AND ALAN, APRIL 1970

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Another George Glenn and Ed Kaufman car! September 5th, 1970

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Hey look, its me and Alan

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My mom, Dawn Kaiser, in her only time driving a hardtop at Vallejo Speedway in a Powder Puff Derby!  She is driving our good friend Landon Brown's car.  What a great guy!

1971------1971------1971

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APRIL 1970

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APRIL 1971, GEORGE GLENN PULLING THE CAR TO THE TRACK

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Another George Glenn/Ed Kaufman car! #14 Dad #59 Lonnie Kaiser

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Spun out by #23 Lawson(not pictured), hit by #4 Rich Govan, #5 is Larry Damitz

1972------1972------1972

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#25 Dad #1 Darrell Dudley 7/15/1972

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August 19th, 1972

1973------1973------1973

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August 25, 1973 at Petaluma Speedway during the boycott of Vallejo Speedway

1976------1976------1976

ALL THE BROTHERS TOGETHER!!!!!
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LONNIE, FRIEND, DONALD, ROBERT, JIM

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DONALD, ROBERT, LONNIE, JIM

VALLEJO SPEEDWAY 1976
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NOTICE THE ENCROACHING TRAILER PARK

1977------1977------1977

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At Vallejo Speedway, one of our last races there.

We all went off to the Phillippines half way through the 1979 season and came back at the end of 1981.  Then there was a long dry spell until Alan and I started racing in SCCA in 1986 and Alan went on to race sprint cars at Baylands in 1988.  My dad finally started racing again in 1990.

1990------1990------1990

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Placerville Speedway, not sure about the year.

1992-----1992-----1992

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1990 at Petaluma Speedway

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1990 at Petaluma